Health

The public health situation is characterized by the prevalence of the epidemic-prone and vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks despite the efforts of the government of the partners and the shrinking of the financial resources required to provide appropriate responses. About 3.1 million (74.4%) of the targeted population has been reached by 48 health sector members; these include 2,027,801 (94%) in Borno, 474,094 (43%) in Adamawa, and 665,735 (66%) in Yobe. The majority of people reached—roughly 27% of the total—were seen at the mobile clinic while the rest were reported at the static health facilities located in the community or in the camps housing internally displaced people. The majority of those reached in Borno are IPD, whereas most people reached in Yobe, and Adamawa are members of the host community. The majority of the population in each of the three states is female. Additionally, the percentage of the total population in each state that is under five is roughly 20% in Borno, 21% in Adamawa, and 17% in Yobe.

Coordination & Leadership:

• 3.1 million people targeted reached as of September 2023.
• Continue advocacy for resource mobilization for the partners to mount an adequate response to the diphtheria outbreak. 
• Conduct risk analysis, and calculation of people in the target population and establish a comprehensive, risk-informed humanitarian health strategy including cross-sector perspectives in the 2024 Humanitarian Program Cycle.
• LGA level severity has been analyzed with the available data to the sector and humanitarian community as a whole.

Quality Essential Health Services delivery:

• Over 6.8 million outpatient consultations were conducted to benefit for essential health services including treatment of prevalent illnesses as of September 2023.
• During the same period, more than 524,553 targeted people were reached by partners with essential lifesaving packages in the IDP camps. 
• 416 Health facilities were supplied with essential medicines and supplies. 

Preparedness and Response to epidemic-prone disease outbreaks:

• Borno: As of October 30, 2023, 653 suspected cases of diphtheria had been reported across 15/21 LGAs, out of which 65 deaths (CFR:9%) had been reported. 39% of the suspected cases are children between 0 – 15 years.
• Yobe: As of 31 October 2023, the cumulative number of suspected Diphtheria cases in Yobe state is 2,505 across all LGAs: 75% of the suspected cases are children between 0 – 15 years, 1,679 (75%).139 deaths were reported in the affected LGAs, with a CFR of 5.5%.  
• Adamawa: As of 31 October 2023, the total number of suspected cases of Diphtheria reported stands at 34 suspected cases (2 laboratory confirm), 0 to 14 years old are the most affected. Adamawa: As of 22 October 2023, the total number of Cholera suspected cases reported stands at 49 (12 cultures positive) with 1 death (CFR=2.0%). The age group 1 - 4 years is the most affected.